Three Initiatives Based on NEDO's Fourth Five-Year Plan

Discovering new leaders in innovation and linking them to creation of new industries
2. Fostering Technology-Based Startups

It is important to foster novel and dynamic technology-based startups. These should help revitalize the economy, and lead the way in creating new industries and employment opportunities. Accordingly, NEDO is helping to build a venture ecosystem by providing seamless support for the discovery of technology seeds, acquiring private funding for high-risk/ high-return investments, and providing commercialization support. In addition, NEDO aims to raise the level of technology-based startups by strengthening systems for collaboration between regional areas and public support institutions.

• Cultivating technology seeds and entrepreneurial candidates having business innovation ability
• Supporting seed-stage technology-based startups in collaboration with venture capital
• Supporting collaborations between technology-based startups with business ideas and project companies